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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Veldt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are they going to have come look at Africa (the nursery) the following morning?
(a) George Hadley
(b) Ray Bradbury
(c) Gloria Steinem
(d) David McLean

2. How far away are they when the nursery lights come on?
(a) Five feet
(b) They turn on at the threshold
(c) Ten feet
(d) One foot

3. What are the children’s names?
(a) Liza, Ray, Flora
(b) Ruby and Max
(c) Peter and Wendy
(d) Penelope

4. Which word is used to describe the hallway?
(a) Long
(b) Soundproofed
(c) Narrow
(d) Suffocating

5. What has the room become a channel for?
(a) Dreams
(b) Education
(c) Devastation
(d) Destructive thoughts

Short Answer Questions

1. What do George and Lydia think is broken?

2. From whose perspective is the story told?

3. Complete the sentence: “…the walls began to ________ and recede into __________distance…”?

4. What does Peter admit to?

5. To whom does the item belong?

(see the answer key)

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